Explore the World one Step at a Time
Explore the World one Step at a Time
This is what my friends said: “Suck it up and run!”It may not come as a surprise that I don’t really like running in the rain. And that is not due to a lack of running in the rain, but rather to an overload of running in the rain in the past. You see, I moved from London to sunny California for a reason… ‘nough said. Somehow, though, I found…
It’s been raining for days now. I was lucky enough to catch the rain breaks during my evening runs this week. But now I am about to leave the house to go and run in the rain, which I haven’t done in over a year. I think I am ready. Things I need when running in the rain: rain jacket and layers plastic cover for my iPhone waterproof gloves hat…
Challenge #2 is to virtually run to Mexico this year. It’s about 510 miles to Tijuana which will be my first virtual stop in Mexico and then we’ll see. Maybe I’ll continue on to a beach. You know me, even with a virtual challenge, I am taking the scenic route. LOL. So, of course you would see me leaving Highway 101 and take the Pacific Coast Highway 1 via Big…
I am in no hurry.No one said I need to finish all my 5 challenges of 2014 in one month, right?I have been reading up on how to keep people happy and motivated and read that we should write down 3 things we did well each day. OK, I can’t commit to doing that every day, but once a month?I am up for that! Don’t rush. Take time for myself.…
I completed half marathon #21 yesterday! It’s only half as crazy as it sounds. I know people who have run that many FULL marathons. So no biggie. Yesterday’s Coyote Hill Half Marathon was in fact my very first trail half marathon and it was 2-lap run: We were a team on 6 Team in Training buddies who met up at this race. Christina, Chris and I started together and decided…
A confession: I love tempo and interval training. You may think this girl is a little loco… But really, I am not.It brings such a variety to my running and has actually made me run further (and faster on occasion. LOL).Because I like tempo and interval runs so much I am sharing with you my Top 5 taken from a variety of sources including Runner’s World and my Team in…
I don’t know how this happened. Someone please help!One of my self-assigned challenges this year is to try and run a half marathon PR. Now that in itself is not yet a reason to despair in January – another 11 months to go. No. No. I just looked at my race list and the Seattle Rock ‘n Roll half marathon may (or may not) be the flattest race I have…
I do like wine. Nearly as much as running. But to be quite honest I don’t know much about wine. I know when I drink wine whether I like a particular wine or not. And I do like rosé, but that usually gets me a smirk from so-called wine connoisseurs. I was lucky enough to get on my very first trip to Napa Valley. Now, we have great wine in…
Better late than never. So they say. And so I say. It’s been exactly 14 days since the year started and I ran my first race of the year. It was all pretty hazy. No. No. No. You mis-understand. It was the smog and not the New Year’s Eve champagne!We have had “Spare the Air” alerts for a few weeks before New Year’s and let me show you why: You…